Nancowry language
E417501
Nancowry language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Nicobarese people on Nancowry and nearby islands in India’s Nicobar archipelago.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nancowry language canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4156032 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nancowry language Context triple: [Nicobarese languages, languageFamilyOf, Nancowry language]
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A.
Lamaholot language
The Lamaholot language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in eastern Flores and nearby islands in Indonesia, known for its numerous dialects and complex verbal morphology.
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B.
Nottoway language
The Nottoway language is an extinct Iroquoian language once spoken by the Nottoway (Cheroenhaka) people of southeastern Virginia.
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C.
Kharia language
Kharia language is a Munda language spoken primarily by the Kharia people in eastern India, especially in the states of Jharkhand, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh.
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D.
Patamona language
The Patamona language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Patamona people of the Guiana Highlands in Guyana and northern Brazil.
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E.
Chenchu language
The Chenchu language is a Dravidian tribal language spoken by the Chenchu people of India, primarily in the forests of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nancowry language Target entity description: Nancowry language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Nicobarese people on Nancowry and nearby islands in India’s Nicobar archipelago.
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A.
Lamaholot language
The Lamaholot language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in eastern Flores and nearby islands in Indonesia, known for its numerous dialects and complex verbal morphology.
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B.
Nottoway language
The Nottoway language is an extinct Iroquoian language once spoken by the Nottoway (Cheroenhaka) people of southeastern Virginia.
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C.
Kharia language
Kharia language is a Munda language spoken primarily by the Kharia people in eastern India, especially in the states of Jharkhand, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh.
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D.
Patamona language
The Patamona language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Patamona people of the Guiana Highlands in Guyana and northern Brazil.
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E.
Chenchu language
The Chenchu language is a Dravidian tribal language spoken by the Chenchu people of India, primarily in the forests of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austroasiatic language
ⓘ
Nicobarese language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Nicobarese ⓘ |
| family | Austroasiatic ⓘ |
| glottologCode | nanc1240 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Nancowry ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Nancoury
ⓘ
Nankwari ⓘ |
| hasDialects | Nancowry dialects ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
lexicographic work ⓘ phonological studies ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguages |
Car Nicobarese
ⓘ
linked to:
Nicobarese
Teressa Nicobarese ⓘ
linked to:
Nicobarese
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
complex pronominal system
ⓘ
rich system of verbal affixes ⓘ |
| hasUsageDomain |
home communication
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ traditional cultural practices ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | India ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | ncb ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Central Nicobarese subgroup
ⓘ
linked to:
Nicobarese languages
|
| isRecognizedAs | scheduled tribal language at local level ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Car language
ⓘ
Central Nicobarese languages ⓘ
linked to:
Nicobarese languages
|
| isSpokenByReligiousCommunities |
Animist Nicobarese
ⓘ
Christian Nicobarese ⓘ |
| isSpokenOn |
Nancowry group of islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Nancowry Islands
|
| isThreatenedBy |
language shift to English
ⓘ
language shift to Hindi ⓘ language shift to other Nicobarese varieties ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch |
Mon–Khmer
ⓘ
linked to:
Mon-Khmer
|
| region | Nicobar Islands ⓘ |
| script | Latin script ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Nicobarese people
ⓘ
linked to:
Nicobarese
|
| spokenIn |
Kamorta Island
ⓘ
Nancowry Island ⓘ
linked to:
Nancowry Islands
neighboring islands of central Nicobar ⓘ |
| subfamily | Nicobarese ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nancowry language Description of subject: Nancowry language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Nicobarese people on Nancowry and nearby islands in India’s Nicobar archipelago.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.